When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
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Gill's Exposition
When Simon Peter saw it,.... The multitude of fish that was taken, and both vessels filled with them, and the danger they were in of sinking,
he fell down at Jesus' knees. The Arabic and Persic…
Barnes' Notes
When Simon Peter saw it - Saw the great amount of fishes; the remarkable success of letting down the net. He fell down at Jesus’ knees - This was a common posture of “supplication.” He had no doubt…
Adam Clarke
Depart from me; for I am a sinful man - Εξελθε απ' εμου, Go out from me, i.e. from my boat. Peter was fully convinced that this draught of fish was a miraculous one; and that God himself had…
This passage of story fell, in order of time, before the two miracles we had in the close of the foregoing chapter, and is the same with that which was more briefly related by Matthew and Mark, of…
Cambridge Bible
When Simon Peter saw it Apparently it was only when he saw the boats sinking to the gunwale with their load of fish that the tenderness and majesty of the miracle flashed upon his mind.
Depart from me…
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